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The Ballarat Historical Society

The Ballarat Historical Society was formed in 1933 as a not-for-profit organisation. Its aims are to preserve and store items of local historical importance and to encourage and facilitate research into the history of Ballarat.

Since 1981 the Society’s collection has been cared for and housed in the Ballarat Gold Museum, now the Australian Centre for Gold Rush Collections, where it forms an important part of the Centre’s overall collection. The collection can now be searched on-line by going to the Sovereign Hill website.

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Ballarat Historical Society

Meeting Dates and Events

Next Meeting

November 13, 2024

Norman Houghton

Norman Houghton author and historian will be talking about his new book "The Bunny Line". This was the local name for the Ballarat to Buninyong Railway line which ran between 1889 and 1930.

Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm.

Meetings are normally held at the Ballarat North Community Centre (BNCC) on the corner of Walker and Armstrong Streets, Ballarat North. Members will be notified by email of any changes to this arrangement. On occasion meetings are replaced with excursions or walking tours.

Check meeting dates page for details of 2024 programme. Visits to places of interest may start at a different time.

Ballarat Historical Society

Publications

Ballarat Times

Ballarat Times contains 39 articles about Ballarat’s History.

Spielvogel Papers

The Spielvogel papers were originally talks given by Nathan Spielvogel on radio 3BA in the 1930s.

Ballarat Historical Society

Projects

Capture The Vision

The Capture The Vision photography Project sets out to reclaim hitherto uncollected images of Ballarat, particularly the years from 1940 until now, and to institute a program…

Australian Centre for Gold Rush Collections